The recently-established Kuala Lumpur office of GoQuo Ltd has won three new travel industry customers in a matter of weeks. It has also received official government designation as a…
The recently-established Kuala Lumpur office of GoQuo Ltd has won three new travel industry customers in a matter of weeks. It has also received official government designation as a Malaysia Status Company (MSC).
Validating GoQuo’s strategic decision to create a Kuala Lumpur office, it has recently won three new Malaysian travel trade customers, including Malaysia Holiday Tours, part of Malaysia’s largest corporate travel agency, which has implemented GoQuo’s GQDynamic dynamic packaging solution.
Abacus-powered Holiday Tours is the first Malaysian agency to offer online dynamic packaging services through its recently-launched B2C web site. This provides online customers with more choice and value by providing real-time access to a full range of look-and-book choices for air, hotel and car content, as well as travel insurance and package holidays.
GoQuo has also signed with MSL Travel, Malaysia’s leading student and youth travel agency that handles thousands of young travellers every year. Established in 1976 and affiliated to world student travel bodies, MSL is Malaysia’s only specialist in this sector, offering a full range of flight, accommodation and tour products, as well as important services such as visa advice and insurance.
MSL has made the strategic decision to evolve its business model towards internet-based services as its core student market is ‘web savvy’. GoQuo will implement its GQAgent flight booking engine on MSL’s web site, customising it to MSL’s requirements.
GoQuo’s third new Malaysian customer is Sedunia Travel, also established in 1976, which offers a full range of flight, car and hotel booking services, plus its particular specialism in escorted group tours and tour packages for inbound and outbound leisure and corporate travellers. Sedunia is launching a new website mainly targeting leisure travellers, though it will also offer business travel services. GoQuo’s GQAgent solution will enable Sedunia to provide real-time booking of flights (drawn from its own contracts as well as Abacus inventory), hotels and car rental.
Malaysia Status Company Recognition
This official status will enable GoQuo Malaysia to continue developing and tailoring its core online travel technology and dynamic packaging solutions to the needs of the Malaysian and wider Far East travel industry.
MSC is awarded to local and foreign businesses developing or using multimedia technologies to produce or enhance their products or services. It is based on employing local workers, encouraging technology transfer, contributing towards Malaysia’s knowledge economy, locating in a designated ‘cyber city’, and complying with environmental guidelines. In return, MSC organisations benefit from a range of official incentives and grants to help expand their business and influence.
GoQuo managing director and founder Ron Ramanan said: “This combination of news is tremendously exciting for GoQuo and its strategic plans for expansion. Our decision to set up a satellite office in Kuala Lumpur is fully vindicated and with MSC recognition, we can really drive forward our regional product development and sales plans. Malaysia is a real hotbed of technology development, and we look forward to giving and getting new insights into how our online technology vision can support the goals of travel businesses across the Far East. We’re also thrilled that three major names in the Malaysian travel industry have chosen GoQuo as their technology partner, and are fully confident that with our solutions, they’ll be driving more business and revenue.”
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